I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.

The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.

A lot of my music is just self-observation. Like telling you, "Oh man. What did I just do? How much did I just pay for this chain? Why did I do that? Wait a minute." Let me talk about that. Or like, the temptation. Let me talk about that. Let me observe myself.

While silly ni**as argue over who gon' snatch the crown / Look around my ni**a, white people have snatched the sound / This year I'll probably go to the awards dappered down / Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile.

Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.

Don't worry, Even Jesus never saw his real father

You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.